Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups: An Essay in the History of Mathematics 1869-1926

by Thomas Hawkins

Book Overview

The great Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie developed the general theory of transformations in the 1870s, and the first part of the book properly focuses on his work. In the second part the central figure is Wilhelm Killing, who developed structure and classification of semisimple Lie algebras. The third part focuses on the developments of the representation of Lie algebras, in particular the work of Elie Cartan. The book concludes with the work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461270421
• ISBN13: 9781461270423
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"